Canadian Football News in 1932
The Calgary Altomah-Tigers became the Altomahs.
The
Regina Roughriders
The Saskatchewan Roughriders are a professional Canadian football team based in Regina, Saskatchewan. The Roughriders compete in the Canadian Football League (CFL) as a member club of the league's West Division.
The Roughriders were founded in 1 ...
made history by playing in their fifth consecutive
Grey Cup
The Grey Cup (french: Coupe Grey) is both the championship game of the Canadian Football League (CFL) and the trophy awarded to the victorious team playing in the namesake championship of professional Canadian football. The game is contested be ...
game. It was a record that would last 50 years, only surpassed by the 1977-1982
Edmonton Eskimos
The Edmonton Elks are a professional Canadian football team based in Edmonton, Alberta. The club competes in the Canadian Football League (CFL) as a member of the league's West Division and plays their home games at the Brick Field at Commo ...
. It also marked the fifth straight defeat at the Grey Cup. The
Hamilton Tigers
The Hamilton Tigers were a professional ice hockey team based in Hamilton, Ontario. They competed in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1920 to 1925. The Tigers were formed by the sale of the Quebec Bulldogs NHL franchise to Hamilton intere ...
took home their third Grey Cup in five years.
Regular season
Final regular season standings
''Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points''
*Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs.
''* The Garrison team defaulted one game to each of the Winnipegs and St.John's''
''* Quakers defaulted final game of season to Varsity''
[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Ur8tAAAAIBAJ&sjid=F5kFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6262%2C1714031 The Montreal Gazette – November 14, 1932]
League Champions
Grey Cup playoffs
''Note: All dates in 1932''
SRFU Tie-Breaker
*''Regina advances to the MB/SK semifinal against the Winnipeg St.John's.''
Semifinals
*''Hamilton advances to the East Final.''
*''Calgary won the total-point series by 11–10. Calgary advances to the Western Final.''
*''Regina advances to the Western Final.''
Finals
*''Hamilton advances to the Grey Cup game.''
*''Regina advances to the Grey Cup game.''
Playoff bracket
Grey Cup Championship
1932 Eastern (Combined IRFU & ORFU) All-Stars selected by ''Canadian Press''
''NOTE: During this time most players played both ways, so the All-Star selections do not distinguish between some offensive and defensive positions.''
*FW
Don Young McGill University
*HB -
Frank Turville
Franklin David Turville (1907-1984) was a Canadian football player, playing from 1928 to 1936.
A star player with the University of Western Ontario Mustangs football team, Turville was an all-star from his first season (and every season) with th ...
, Hamilton Tigers
*HB -
Gord Perry, Montreal AAA Winged Wheelers
*HB -
Wally Masters
Walter Thomas Masters (March 28, 1907 – July 10, 1992) was an American MLB pitcher and an American football halfback and quarterback in the National Football League.
Masters went directly from college to the majors in 1931 but barely pit ...
, Ottawa Rough Riders
*QB -
Hal Baysinger, Montreal AAA Winged Wheelers
*C -
Lou Newton, Montreal AAA Winged Wheelers
*G -
Alex Denman, Hamilton Tigers
*G -
Pete Jotkus, Montreal AAA Winged Wheelers
*T -
Brian Timmis
Brian Mercer "Old Man of the Mountain" Timmis (December 5, 1899 – August 22, 1971) was a star senior Canadian football player in the Saskatchewan Rugby Football Union (SRFU) and Interprovincial Rugby Football Union (IRFU) for a combined 17 season ...
, Hamilton Tigers
*T -
Dave Sprague
David Shafer Sprague (August 11, 1910 – February 20, 1968) was a star football player in the Canadian Football League for eleven seasons for the Hamilton Tigers
The Hamilton Tigers were a professional ice hockey team based in Hamilto ...
, Hamilton Tigers
*E -
Jimmy Keith, Toronto Argonauts
*E -
Henri Garbarino, Montreal AAA Winged Wheelers
*Coach -
Frank Shaughnessy
Francis Joseph "Shag" Shaughnessy (April 8, 1883 – May 15, 1969) was an American athlete and sports executive. Shaughnessy played both baseball and football and was an executive in baseball, football and ice hockey. He was born in the United S ...
, McGill University
''NOTE:'' This was the first ''Canadian Press'' eastern all-star selection.
1932 Canadian Football Awards
*
Jeff Russel Memorial Trophy The Jeff Russel Memorial Trophy is a Canadian football award recognizing the most outstanding football player of the Quebec Student Sport Federation (RESQ)
The trophy was originally presented to the player who best exemplified skill, sportsmanship ...
(IRFU MVP) –
Alex Denman (OG), Hamilton Tigers
References
Canadian Football League seasons
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